Lathering device.



G. ZINGALI. LATHERING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. H, 1 915- LJH$ Patented. Jan. 25, 1916.

l/VVE/VTOR 6? Z0754 ATTORNEYS GIOVANNI ZINGALI, 0F MON'I'CLAIR, NEW JERSEY.

LATHERING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 25, 191E.

Application filed October 11, 1915. Serial No. 55,362.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l[, GIOVANNI ZINcALr, a citizen of the United States, vand a resident of Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Lathering Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to barbers appliances and has particular reference to a means for ge'neratingand dispensing lather.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a means for supplying lather to a customers face in a most sanitary manner, the lather being supplied to the face Without the necessity for any part of the apparatus coming into immediate contact, and whereby the danger of contamination due to previous contact with another customer is avoided.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container for liquid soap or its equivalent, a mixing chamber carried by the container, and means to agitate the soap in the container to generate a mass of lather therein and eject the lather from the mixing chamber directly upon the customers face.

With the foregoing and other objects in view,- the invention consists in the arrangement andcombination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a preferred embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail elevational view of one of the sealing caps.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1 show a main container 10 of any suitable form or design for holding a quantity of liquid soap S or the like for the generation of lather. This container is provided with a suitable form of handle 11. The mouth or neck portion 12 of the con tainer is provided with a packing gasket or plug 13 of cork, rubber or other suitable material'providing an airtight fit, the top of the plug comprising a flange 13' overlapping the rim 12' of the bottle neck. A nipple 14 is fitted vertically through the plug 13 and is locked thereto by lock nuts 15. This nipple is provided with a cap 16 and is of a nature similar to the common filling nipple of a bicycle tire or the like whereby the container is adapted to be charged with compressed air above the body of the liquid soap. To look the plug 13 in place in the bottle neck I provide a pair of caps 17,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, adapted to embrace the flange 13 and the rim 12' and provided with registering cars 17 through which fastening screws 18 or the like may be passed to cause the caps to wedge downwardly over the inclined lower portion of the rim 12, whereby the sealing caps 17 Will not only be locked in place but will cause the flange 13 to bind in a snug manner upon the mouth of the container.

At 19 is'indicated a mixing chamber secured to and carried by anysuitable portion of the container. This mixing chamber 1s adapted to receive a modicum s of soap from the container. This soap in the mixing chamber is adapted to be agitated by the introduction of air in sufficient quantity and at a suitable place to convert the liquid soap into a mass or volume of lather to be delivered from the mixing chamber directly upon a man's face but without contacting the face with any part of the apparatus.

As one suitable means for delivering the minute quantities of soap from the container to the mixing chamber I provide a tubular passageway 20 leading from a point adjacent the bottom of the container upwardly along one wall thereof and directed thence laterally through a neck 21. The neck portion 21 leads laterally into the interior of the chamber 19, and its end 1s fitted with a valve seat 22 held therein as by means of a cap 23. A valve 24 is provided with a stem extending outwardly at 25 terminating in a head 26 arranged ust within aflexible diaphragm 27 spanning and hermetically sealing the otherwise open neck 28 of the front end of the mixing chamber in axial alinement with the neck passageway. A slight pressure of the thumbaupon the outer surface of the diaphragm 27 w1ll unseat the valve so asto permit a modicum of soap to be ejected through the passageway 20 from'the container under the force of the compressed air at the top of the contalner. The valve 24 is provided with a rearwardly extending stem 29 surrounded by a spring 30. The spring bears at one end against the valve and at the other end against the wall of the container and thereby insures the prompt seating of the valve when the pressure is removed from the diaphragm.

The rear wall of the chamber 19 comprises a flange 31 adapted to be secured in any suitable manner to a corresponding flange 32 formed upon or secured to the neck portion 21 of the structure. The drawing indicates a packing washer 33' between these two flanges making an absolutely airtight joint or connection for the mixang chamber with the neck 21.

At 34 is indicated a discharge nozzle leading from the upper portion of the chamber 19 and preferably formed as an integral part thereof, and at 35 I indicate an extension. or thimble which may be of flexible rubber or the like and constituting a member for immediate delivery of the lather 'discharged therethrough from the chamber 19.

Any suitable means may be provided to agitate the soap in the bottom of the container and thereby generate a mass of lather for delivery to the customers face. For this purpose I show a common form of air bulb 36 having a flexible tubular connection 37 with a nipple 38 at any desired part of the wall of the chamber 19, but shown herein as discharging into and through a goose neck 39, the mouth of which .is shown at 40 adjacent the bottom of the chamber, and hence the air forced or jetted through the nipple and goose neck into the bottom of the chamber will cause the agitation of the liquid soap, transforming the same into a mass of lather filling the chamber 19. Obviously, after the lather is thus generated, suflicient air pressure from the bulb 36 will be continued to cause the ejection of the mass of lather through the nozzle 3-:t and thimble 35.

I claim 1. The combination of a container for a men r12 body of liquid soap, a mixing chamber carried by the container and having an ejection exit, means to deliver a modicum of liquid soap from the container into the mixing chamber, and air pressure means to cause the soap within the chamber to be generated into a massof lather and ejected therefrom through said exit, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a container for a quantity of liquid soap, said container having a rigid neck extending laterally therefrom, the neck being provided with a tubular passageway constituting an outlet, a mixing chamber carried by the neck and surrounding the outlet end thereof, said mixing chamber having an ejection exit, means whereby to control the delivery of soap from the container to the mixing chamber, and air pressure means to transform the soap in the chamber into a mass of lather and eject the same therefrom through said exit.

3. The combination of a container for a quantity of liquid soap, a rigid neck leading from the container, said neck and container being provided with' a tubular delivery passageway, a valve at the end of the neck controlling the delivery of the soap therethrough, a mixing chamber secured to the neck and surrounding the delivery end there-- of and having an opening in axial alinement. with said passageway, said chamber also having an ejection exit, means whereby to control the position of the valve, flexible means surrounding the outside of the chamber opening hermetically sealing the same, and means to forcibly jet air into the bottom of the mixing chamber transforming the soap therein into a mass of lather filling the chamber and ejecting the lather therefrom through said exit, substantially as set forth.

GIOVANNI ZINGALI.

'Witness Gno. L. BEELER. 

